TECHNICAL PAPERS
Mar 1, 1984
Practical Traverse Analysis
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 1
Abstract
A simple approximate method of analyzing the accumulation (propagation) of random error in closed survey traverses is presented. With emphasis on the practical and approximate, a means of assessing survey quality is proposed to replace Relative Precision which has been found to be invalid for modern survey instruments. This technique, the Uncertainty Concept has been validated in practice. Case studies demonstrate that enables detection of blunders and some unresolved systematic error. is also useful in estimating position tolerance to determine practical compliance with specifications employing this concept.
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Wayne Valentine, F. ASCE
Geometronics Group Leader, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Region, Missoula, Mont.
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